The Pecan Saga is over!! It all started with my Mother-in-Law, Cody. She actually has a friend who somehow gets bags of unshelled pecans. Four or five times in the last couple of years, I am given one of these huge bags. We love getting them. Rod immediately sees a future with Chocolate Chip Cookies with pecans, Banana Bread with pecans and every once in a great while a Pecan Pie! But two years ago when we did the nuts, my nut cracker and all the hand-held crackers and pics ended up going home with Mom and Dad. So, we they arrived this year with all the nut-cracking gear in tow, we had two large bags of nuts to crack. One of the bags were tiny little, dark pecans. The other had huge nuts with a much lighter color.
So, three days ago Mom and Dad started the cracking process. They did that while I worked on Soap Biz stuff. I joined them the last few days, but, my contribution was tiny compared to theirs! The yield was
4 3/4 quarts of nuts! Since I have been dieting, my housemates have been supporting me by not having too many "restricted" foods around. Today when we were out and about, I picked up a bag of dark chocolate chips and made three people VERY happy. Most of all, Mom, who loves baking. Yield on the cookies: over 4 dozen. Healthy concessions: dark chocolate, part whole wheat flour and they are keeping them hidden from me...just in case!
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